Fumigating apparatus.



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CHARLES A. NYE, 0F MINNEAPOIIIS, MINNESOTA;

Specliieation of Letters Patent. Application filed July 24, 1911.

Patented July 2, 1912. Serial No. 640,050.

panels 8. The bottom of this vaporizing receptacle is imperforate, while the top thereof, is preferably a perforated double walled triangular member 9, which nor-, mally rests loosely upon stop flanges 10 secured to the upper portions of the side frames 7.

Fit-ting loosely within the so-called vaporizing receptacle is a triangular liquid con tainmg tank 11. Evaporatin wicks 12 have their lower ends immersed in the liquid 1 contained in the tank 11., and to hold the said wicks in an upright position exposed to the blast from the fan, they are passed through the perforated upper portion of a skeleton-like supporting rack 13 secured on the top of the tank 11. The numeral 14 indicates a filling pipe that extends upward from one corner of the tank 11 so that the latter may be filled without removing the tank from the vaporizing receptacle.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. NYE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and new and useful Improvements in Fumigatiug Apparatus; and I do. hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

y invention has for its particular object to provide anextremely simple and. efficient fumigating apparatus, which, nevertheless, is capable of general use to vaporize and ditfuse various mate rials such as disinfectants, deodorants, perlaln the proper humidity of the air in a room.

Generally stated, the invention'consists of the novel devices and combinations of d e- The bottom plate of the vaporizing revices hereinafter described and defined 1n ceptacle 1s detaehably seated on a supportthe claim. mg head 15 which, as shown, is T-sha ed,

and is provided with three angular poo ets -16 that engage with the three corners of the vaporizing receptacle. This supporting head 15 is shown as rovided with a threaded stem 17 that WOIiS with threaded engagement through the head of the arm extension 5, and is adjustably locked thereto by a lock nut 18.

As is evident, the liquid disinfectant, deodorant, or other material will be absorbed by the wick 12 and will be evaporated directly in front of the blast from the fan. The blast from the fan will be partly deflected by the diverging sides of the vaporizing receptacle, but a very great part of the blast will be forced through the perforations of the panels and will be very thoroughly and directly commingled with the \'1l.)0l' from the wicks, and furthermore, by direct action on the wicks will produce a very ra id evaporation of the liquid, which, bemg taken up by the air, will be thoroughly dif- In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of 'the complete vaporizing apparatus; Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the base portion of the apparatus,,some parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section takem on the line in c of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line :0 ac of Fig. 3, some parts being shown in full.

The numeral 1 indicates, as an entirety, a small electric fan of the usual or any suitable construction, and which is shown base plate 2, having at one side a horizontally extended arm 3. The base 2, shown, is placed .upon a shelf or table 4.- The arm 3, as shown, is in the form of 'a yoke and is provided with an the threaded stem, of which, is screwed throu h the outer end of, said arm 3, and rigidly ut adjustably held thereto by a lock nut 6.

The vaporizing receptacle is a triangular structure, the three vertical sides of which are preferably formed by light sheet metal frames 7 having perforate or reticulal'e fused and absorbed by the air.

The supporting arm 3, as shown, is

flanged and detachably secured to a base 2 by small nuttedbolts 19, but in some instances, .it may be desirable arm directly to a wall or other support.

The device, as is indicated, is especially to secure the said intended for use as osed mg therefrom, a liquid tank within said receptacle, a wok supporting rack on said i w tank 10 tank, and wicks extending from sald suband ex osedto the blast of said fan, stantia, 1y as described. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. NYE.

Witnesses:

HARRY D. KILGonE, HARRIET A. CREW. 

